http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ Owners and owners-to-be of the Intrepid. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:43:16 GMT stealth_.rm http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7772 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7772 Just to give some people some more ideas on what cop cars go through... After just about every hard rain in Minneapolis that delivers flash-flood conditions, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:32:10 GMT Arthur King http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7771 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7771 I have a 98 with 128+ miles A 3.2 motor. only thing wrong with it is the leather seats were split when i bought it. My neighbor bought it at the end of its Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:25 GMT Geoff http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7770 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7770 You only have one dead cylinder? You sure about that? If so, you can get away with putting a junkyard head on that side of the engine. A search of Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:19:25 GMT Duane Gunn http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7769 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7769 I knew that comment would cause a stir. Ex-Cop car, yes. Driven hard, I'm sure. But you'd figure it never missed a beat at the maintenance shop. I'll bet that Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:21:25 GMT john sharra http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7768 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7768 DUANE--this was an EX.POLICE CAR ?--you should she how fast they destroy FORDs--and they use very few CHEVYs--as they do not hold up at all--MOST cop cars get Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:12:07 GMT Duane Gunn http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7767 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7767 Compression check proved #3 cylinder is dead. Not sure what to do now. I hate to put more $ into this car. Even if I do it myself I'll bet the gaskets & Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:42:59 GMT suzukimx45@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7766 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7766 GEOFF---thanks again--that is very smart thinking on your part and great knowledge for the group--suzukimx ... From: Geoff To: dodge_intrepid@yahoogroups.com Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:10:11 GMT Geoff http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7765 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7765 Sorry, that water pump is inaccessible unless you remove that front accessory plate. There's no telling without a partial disassembly of the front of the Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44:21 GMT suzukimx45@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7764 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7764 GEOFF--very good info --i have never looken into this --as at 90k we had the dealer do this work --and as i had a friend on the inside he said all was done Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:04:36 GMT Geoff http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7763 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7763 The loudness and the rough idle concern me. Loudness -- especially loudness that sounds like a muffler going bad -- was a key indicator that my engine was Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:28:31 GMT dgunn111 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7762 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7762 I took the weekend off from working on the 3.5. Here's the status: Monday morning I put a new timing belt on it and patched the transmission lines and oil Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:54 GMT Geoff http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7761 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7761 Hi again, dgunn111, Sorry, I didn't see your emails sooner. I've sent you a copy of the FSM to both the group as well as your yahoo mailbox. Hope it clears Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:58 GMT Geoff http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7760 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7760 It's the same cylinder head that went onto all of the 3.5Ls, I'm pretty sure. They were "HO" in the sense that there was a detuned version available in the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:21:11 GMT Duane Gunn http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7759 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7759 Geoff, It's Dgunn. I did forget to mention that this 3.5L is an HO model (police model Intrepid). Are the heads the same or could this improve my odds of Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:19:26 GMT Duane Gunn http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7758 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/message/7758 Me again, dgunn. I decided to give it a try. It's torn down & ready for a belt. I see the marks on the cams, but how do I find tops dead center? Or, let me